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Gulf Security After the Israeli Strike on Doha: Waning US Guarantees and Expanding Options
Oct 2, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On September 17, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Riyadh and announced a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The…
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Doha Wasn’t a One‑Off: What Israel’s 9 September Strike Signals?
Oct 2, 2025Muhanad Seloom
On 9 September 2025, Israel launched an airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas’s senior political leadership. The strike killed five…
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Two State Solution Summit: Symbolic Recognition Under the Reality of Occupation
Sep 28, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
A high-level international conference on the two-state solution was resumed at the United Nations headquarters in New York on…
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Proposed Syria-Israel Security Agreement: Provisions and Prospects
Sep 22, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Syria-Israel negotiations accelerated markedly in the run up to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly scheduled to…
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The Doha Emergency Summit: Outcomes and Regional Implications
Sep 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 15 September, the Qatari capital, Doha, hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit convened in response to the…
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What Does Israel’s Planned Annexation of the West Bank Mean for the Palestinian National Project?
Sep 9, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
The occupied West Bank is undergoing rapid political and on-the-ground developments that reflect a fundamental shift in the approach…
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Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant
Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for…
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Maghreb-Sahel Nexus: Rapprochement, Rivalries and Realignments
Aug 14, 2025Aicha Elbasri
Over three decades since the launch of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the Maghreb region today finds itself deeply…
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Lebanon Seeks a State Monopoly on Arms: Political and Security Implications
Aug 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
The recent Israeli war on Lebanon, which inflicted severe damage to Hezbollah’s capabilities and decimated its leadership, gave the…
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Trump vs. the Federal Reserve: The Battle of Wills Threatening an Eminent Institution
Jul 31, 2025Unit for Economic Studies
President Donald Trump has charted an economic course for the United States based on his deep personal convictions, blending…
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Clashes in Sweida and the Sectarian Question in Syria
Jul 21, 2025Unit for Political Studies
Sweida province in southern Syria, home to a majority Druze population, witnessed a bloody bout of sectarian violence from…
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Coming to Terms with Economic Sanctions on Iran
Jul 13, 2025Meriem Heni
For more than four decades, Iran has been subject to wide-ranging international sanctions, first by the United States in…
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From Imperial Containment to Catastrophe: Why the US-Israeli Strategy Against Iran Collapsed
Jul 6, 2025Bamo Nouri Inderjeet Parmar
The military escalation of June 2025 – marked by Israel’s unprovoked and illegal attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and…
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A War With No Winners
Jun 23, 2025Mehran Kamrava
acrobat Icon The United States has finally caved in to Israeli pressure and has bombed Iran’s most important nuclear…
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Israel’s Attack on Iran (2): Balance of Power and Tehran’s Options
Jun 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
As Israel guards its monopoly over nuclear arms in the Middle East, its political and security cabinet decided on…
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Israel’s War with Iran Moves out of the Shadows
Jun 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
At dawn on Friday, 13 June Israel launched a full-scale, coordinated military operation against Iran, codenamed “Rising Lion.” More…
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Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza
Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Recent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support…
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Trump’s Gulf Tour: A Pragmatic America First Approach
May 21, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
US President Donald Trump conducted his first major international tour since taking office, stopping at Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and…
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US-Iran Nuclear Talks: Background, Obstacles, and Prospects
May 8, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
The United States and Iran have now sat three rounds of Omani-mediated negotiations, through which Washington seeks to restrict…
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Denying Genocide through Terminological Hairsplitting
Apr 1, 2025Azmi Bishara
Genocide is a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of…

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